*Section 3 of the 14th amendment disqualifies from public office any individual who has taken an oath to uphold the U.S. Constitution and then engages in insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or gives aid or comfort to those who have,*

Thus, state election officials have the duty to exclude candidates who have done that.

We can't expect Republican officials to do their duty — so what is plan B?

*AFL-CIO, Nurses Unions Demand Permanent OSHA Covid-19 Safety Standard.*

California's system of emissions trading is having much less than the predicted effect.

This example illustrates why the emissions-trading approach is inadequate, which is also why fossil fuel businesses prefer it to other, more effective approaches. If they can't deny the danger, and they can't delay countermeasures, their next effort is to arrange countermeasures into less effective approaches.

The protesters who toppled the statue of Edward Colston have been acquitted of criminal charges for doing so.

I support the removal of Colston's statue. Slave trading was the most impactful thing he did in his life; his local philanthropy, using part of the profit he got from slave trading, cannot compensate for the wrong of the slave trading itself.

Many other famous people are similar cases and we could well reach the same conclusions about them. They include Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, whose main "contribution" to the world was software that subjugates users.

But there are also cases where the balance goes the other way: people who did important good that is worth commemorating, but also participated in some widespread practice or widespread view that we condemn today. How should we judge them? I think we should weigh the importance of the good and the bad they did, and commemorate them on that basis. For instance, Thomas Jefferson gave crucial impetus to separation of church and state — a vital liberty now under threat in the US. He also owned slaves, but he was not a champion of slavery. We must commemorate

What about when the balance seems roughly equal, as in the case of Woodrow Wilson? I suggested a statue which shows him with two sides, the good side and the evil side.

The Tories want to punish the toppling of a statue with 10 years in prison. This is draconian when compared with the small physical damage that usually results.

*Palestinian Prisoner Hisham Abu Hawash Ends Hunger Strike After Deal With Israel* to end his imprisonment without trial.

Imprisonment without trial is vicious and vile, whether it is done by Israel, China, the US, or any other country.